Sarah requested a revival of book club during her visit, so we all read Wiliam Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and Greg led the discussion. All were well edified, and well fed, too.
We started with Greg’s pickled onions and radishes and Laurie’s deviled eggs:
Yum!
Greg reads a passage from the book:
Kris and Irene:
Tom and Greg:
Laurie!
After cocktails — homemade lemonade with your choice of beverage: gin! vodka! bourbon! — we moved to the patio for an old fashioned Southern supper.
Inspired by Yoknapatawpha County, we had… (click for recipes):
Cornbread (to which I added fresh corn kernels):
Irene’s crazy-good coleslaw, with cashews in it!
The Burns’ insane collards with Benton’s bacon:
Served over hoe cakes (so named because they used to be cooked on hoes):
Looking down on the dinner:
My plate:
Good times outside:
And for dessert, blueberry cobbler:
What a terrific summer supper. I love our book club!
